title: First report of maggots of family Piophilidae recovered from human cadavers in Malaysia.
abstract: Piophila casei (Linnaeus) (Diptera: Piophilidae) is reported from human cadavers in two separate forensic cases for the first time in Malaysia. Both bodies were found indoors. The first case, was that of a male of unknown nationality and age and also contained maggots of the muscid Ophyra spinigera (Stein). The second case was a female Chinese whose body also contained other species of maggots but these were not identifiable.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Institute For Medical Research, Jalan Pahang 50588, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. nazni@imr.gov.my
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Nazni
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeffery
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sa'diyah
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Noorjuliana
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Rohayu
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Hafizam
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002102:Cadaver; D004175:Diptera / Q000502:physiology*; D004772:Entomology; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male